Glistening, growing Denver (pop. 511,800) had a dynamic mayor in Will Faust Nicholson. An Ivy Leaguer (Dartmouth, '22), he made a good marriage (to the daughter of a Cripple Creek mining man), a good career (investment banking, real estate) and a good name (twice elected as a Republican to the state senate). He was elected nonpartisan mayor of Denver in 1955 by only 802 votes, but Big Nick was marked well for the future by his good Republican connections in the state. Long, lanky (6 ft. 3 in., 180 Ibs.) and handsome, he sported a friendly, lopsided smile, drove...
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